PB · Sumé immediate region

Congo: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Congo with 80.41% of valid votes against 19.59% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 60.83 points, 57.26 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −63.20pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 5,387; 149th largest electorate in Paraíba
Side changes: 1; Times the leading bloc changed from one election to the next, in 9 elections since 1994. Plus 1 turn(s) between round 1 and round 2 of the same year.
Bellwether?: No; Has voted for the national winner since 2022.

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Margin in percentage points of valid votes (right − left).

Municipality, state and Brazil

Right − left margin in the 2026 runoff, in percentage points.

Congo−60.83 pts
Paraíba−34.93 pts
Brazil−3.57 pts

Negative = left ahead; positive = right ahead.

Margin over time

Right − left margin in each election (the runoff where there was one), compared with Brazil's.

Every election

Year	Round	Candidates (% of valid votes)	Margin (right − left)	Bloc ahead	Turnout
2026 10/25/2026	Round 2	Lula (PT)80.41% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)19.59%	−60.83 pts	Left bloc	86.34%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)76.69% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)19.69% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)1.86% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.37% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.32% Zema (NOVO)0.05% Samara (UP)0.02% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	−57.14 pts	Left bloc	84.71%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)82.42% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)17.58%	−64.84 pts	Left bloc	85.05%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)79.81% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)15.40% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.54% Simone Tebet (MDB)2.12% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.07% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.05% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.02% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−64.69 pts	Left bloc	86.48%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)83.43% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)16.57%	−66.86 pts	Left bloc	83.27%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)68.78% Ciro Gomes (PDT)16.12% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)12.96% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)0.92% +9 more Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.35% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.24% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.22% Marina Silva (REDE)0.14% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.08% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.08% Eymael (DC)0.05% Vera (PSTU)0.03% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.03%	−70.67 pts	Left bloc	86.74%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)81.46% Aécio Neves (PSDB)18.54%	−62.92 pts	Left bloc	81.66%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)77.49% Marina Silva (PSB)10.84% Aécio Neves (PSDB)10.62% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.40% +4 more Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.28% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.23% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.09% Eymael (PSDC)0.06%	−77.29 pts	Left bloc	80.91%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)83.91% José Serra (PSDB)16.09%	−67.82 pts	Left bloc	81.26%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)81.01% José Serra (PSDB)14.18% Marina Silva (PV)4.54% Plínio (PSOL)0.20% +2 more Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.03%	−71.63 pts	Left bloc	80.40%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)82.31% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)17.69%	−64.63 pts	Left bloc	84.19%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)80.16% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)17.02% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.30% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)1.24% +2 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.24% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.03%	−65.41 pts	Left bloc	85.10%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)51.37% Lula (PT)48.63%	+2.74 pts	Right bloc	87.28%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)40.41% José Serra (PSDB)38.57% Ciro (PPS)11.82% Garotinho (PSB)9.07% +2 more Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.09% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.05%	−22.87 pts	Left bloc	88.38%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)50.77% Lula (PT)35.11% Ciro Gomes (PPS)9.24% Zé Maria (PSTU)1.23% +8 more Enéas (PRONA)0.77% Sirkis (PV)0.56% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.51% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.51% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.46% Eymael (PSDC)0.36% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.36% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.10%	+5.95 pts	Right bloc	71.32%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)64.74% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)27.54% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)4.16% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)1.06% +4 more Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.97% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.83% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.46% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.23%	+42.98 pts	Right bloc	73.99%

Percentages of valid votes in the municipality. Turnout = voters over the electorate. Source: TSE.

When the municipality changed sides

2002(between rounds)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2006(Round 2)·Right bloc→Left bloc

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Official TSE results by municipality (1994–2026); the 2026 runoff comes from the TSE's official results publication. Every municipality's index can be downloaded at /dados.